Ivy
Welcome to 1 Ivy!
Dream Big, Dare to Fail
Welcome to the Class Page for 1 Ivy.
We hope that you find the information on this page useful. If you have any further questions please speak to a member of the Year 1 Team
Our Class name is:
'Ivy'
Here you will find out what we will be learning each half term, the staff, useful dates and links to support learning at home.
Staff
The Class Teacher in 1 Ivy is:
Miss Hope
The Class Teacher is also supported by:
Mrs Saloo Miss Crawshaw
Important Information
Click the link below to view the Ivy Timetable :
PE will be on a Tuesday (indoor) and a Thursday (outdoor)
On this day, children can come to school in their PE kits for the whole day.
Please ensure your children has the following PE kit -
- Plain White round neck t-shirt or the Orchard logo PE kit
- Plain Black PE shorts
- Plain Black tracksuit bottoms
- Pump/Sports bag for storage
- Pumps or Trainers
On PE days, children need to pack a spare jumper/ hoody for colder days or in case the weather becomes colder throughout the day.
White PE T-shirts with the Orchard Logo are available to order from: https://www.sptuniforms.co.uk/product-category/orchard-primary-academy/
Ivy Library day is: Thursday
The children will be able to select a book to bring home and share every other week. Please ensure that this book comes back into school on the following Wednesday, to swap for another.
The children in 1 Ivy class will also receive a new home reading book weekly. We suggest reading a few pages each night. Parents need to record home reading on our digital reading record - Boom Reader.
Click on the Boom Reader logo below to take you to the parents log in page
Key Dates
Monday 2nd September - INSET day
Tuesday 4th September - School opens for all children
Friday 27th September - Respect Unity Afternoon
Wednesday 9th October - Stay and Learn session Phonics focus
Friday 25th October - Last day of term
Monday 4th October - Trust INSET day
Tuesday 5th October - School opens for all children
This half term we will be learning ...
Our Topic this half term is called:
'Houses and Homes'
- To name and talk about our families and who lives in our home.
- To name and talk about the area where we live and learn our house number and street name.
- To name buildings in our local area and begin to understand what they are used for.
Phonics
We use a teaching programme called Read Write Inc. (RWI) to teach our children to read and spell. In RWI lessons, the children are taught new sounds and these progress from set 1 - 3.
In Year 1, children continue to learn set 2 sounds, consolidate set 1 sounds and progress onto set 3 sounds.
Children learn to read words by sound-blending using a frog called Fred. Fred says the sounds and children help him blend the sounds to read each word. Children also learn to read red words on sight. Red words are words that cannot be segmented or blended.
Here is a video showing you how to pronounce each sound.
English
Reception: During this half term we use the FANTASTIC's Lenses to describe and order Plot Points by reading the following books below.
Year 1: This half term we will cover a range of books focusing on our topic 'houses and homes'. We will be writing a non-chronological report; instructions ; a recount and some narratives we have read from a different point of view, following the books below.
Maths
Reception-
At Orchard Primary Academy, we learn a range of Nursery Rhymes throughout our time in the Early Years. Nursery Rhymes are important as they help us to develop key skills. This includes:
- Learning new words and extending our vocabulary
- Learning early Maths skills such as counting aloud using finger movements and actions
- Developing social skills such as turn taking
- Learning different beats and rhythms
- Develop positive relationships between children and adults.
This half term we will be focusing upon learning these Nursery Rhymes
Year 1-
During Maths we will begin to consolidate our learning around numbers to 10, as we start our place value and addition / subtraction units. We will be using a rekenrek in Mastering Number which you can see a picture of here:
Religious Education
Our key questions for RE are
'Making good choices'
PSHE -
We have a weekly my happy mind lesson to help us talk about our emotions and to learn mindfulness.
This half term our topic is 'meet your brain'
PE
This half term we will be focusing on - 'Dance'
Links to try to home
Here are websites which you can use at home to support your child's learning.Read Write Inc. Guide for Parents
Parental Partnerships
At Orchard Primary Academy we value parental partnership. We understand that an effective partnership between school and home will have a positive impact on children’s learning.
We communicate with parents in various ways which include Parent Mail, Twitter, Facebook and Tapestry.
Parent Mail
Parent Mail is an app which allows us to send text messages, and letters to share information. You can also use this to pay for milk, trips and dinners. We will use your email address to activate your account.
Our Academy twitter account is also used to share information. The Academy twitter handle is: @OrchardPrimaryA
The Ivy Class twitter handle is:
@orchard_Ivy
You can also access the Reception twitter feed by clicking the image below:
The Academy Facebook page can be accessed by following the link below:
Tapestry
At Orchard Primary Academy, we use an online journal provider called ‘Tapestry’ to collect and store your child’s electronic ‘Learning Journey’.
Tapestry allows you to login with a secure username and password so that you can view photographs, videos and observations of your child’s learning.
You can like and comment on observations that we add for your child. You can also add your own observations. Please click the image below to access Tapestry:
